2 Chronicles 30:12; 2 Samuel 21:2; Ecclesiastes 8:2; Ezekiel 17:18; Ezekiel 17:19; Romans 13:5
Death of David; Solomon Established on his Throne. The main source of this chapter is the same as that of 1, but interspersed are Deuteronomic addi...
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy b...
David's last Will and Testament The recital of David's last charge to Solomon and his death is followed by an account of the execution of Adonijah...
The oath of the Lord ] i.e. the oath which the Lord witnessed.
AVENGING JUSTICE 1 Kings 2:13-46 . The wrath of a king is "as messengers of death."- Proverbs 16:14 THE reign of Solomon began with a threefo...
Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings...
Presuming and Perishing Therefore 1 Kings 2:36-46 Shimei broke the one condition on which his life had been given back to him, and could have n...
In the last charge of David there was first a recognition of the sphere of Solomon's safety. In all probability his personal influence had been great...
(39) And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they tol...
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord ,.... Which was made by him, and in his presence, and in which he was appealed to, and so by not ke...
Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? Ver. 43. The oath of the Lord. ] Made in his...
Why hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord? He lay under the guilt of two crimes: of disobeying the king's express command, and violating his oath...
DAVID'S LAST WORDS TO SOLOMON (vs.1-9) As David was about to die, his words to Solomon have serious significance. Just as Paul ( 2 Timothy 4:1-6...
Shimei's Punishment. B. C. 1014. 35...
He was guilty both of rebellion against the express, and just, and (as himself called it) good command of the king, and of perjury against God; which...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 2:37 . Thy blood shall be upon thine own head —The legal form of the sentence of death ( Leviticus 10:9...
1 Kings 2:5 . Thou knowest what Joab did to me. David does not mention Absalom, but that was the deed that touched his heart; the blood of Abner a...
EXPOSITION THE END OF SHIMEL .—This fresh intrigue of Adonijah's warns the king that he must be on his guard and keep a watch over suspec...
The Punishment of Shimei
Why, then, hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, that made in His name, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? He had forfeited his...
43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?